Lamp attachment.



A. B. OPPY.

LAMP ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILLED MAY 26, 1913.

1,087,178. 1 Patented Feb.17,1914.

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UhTTTED T LAMP ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

Application filed May 26, 1913. Serial No. 769,978.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that i, ABRAHAM B. OPPY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Lamp Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for lamps, and more particularly to an attachment for lamps generally known as oil lamps.

An object of the present invention is to provide means for utilizing the heat of the flame for aiding in the vaporization and burning of the oil.

A further object is to provide a stout wire or bar which may be secured to any lamp and will be heated by the flame and which heat will be transmitted down through the wire and to the burner for increasing the vaporization of the oil, which will result in a more eflicient burning thereof.

A further object is to attach a metal wire such as copper, to a lamp burner whereby any and all tendency of the lamp to smoke resulting from an incomplete combustion of the oil will be eliminated. I

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, the preferable form of my invention is illustrated, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a lamp burner with my device secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view looking in a difierent direction. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved device.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, a lamp burner is illustrated in the drawings as being of the conventional type and comprises a base 1 with the chimney holding arms 2 secured thereto and projecting upwardly therefrom. The plug 3 is threaded at its lower extremity and is designed to threadedly engage the tank or oil containing portion of a lamp. A cap 4 is hingedly secured to the base 1 and performs the usual functions attached thereto. The burner in the present instance is designed to burn oil such as for example, kerosene and is provided with a wick tube 5 secured to the base 1 and extending upwardly within the cap as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 20f the drawings, there being a suitable wick 6 disposed therein, all of which is of the usual and ordinary construct-ion.

M 7 improved attachment which is illustrated as being secured to the burner in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings is preferably made of stout wire or a metal rod, copper being found to constitute a preferable metal of which the wire or rod may be formed. The wire comprises an upper semi-circular port-ion 7 formed integral with which are the downwardly extending arms 8. The arms 8 at their lower extremities are bent inward as at 9, downward as at 10 and then horizontal as at 11. The particular advantage of so bending lies in the fact that the arms 8 are spaced a distance away from the line of axis of the chimney and intersect the burning gases at the upper portion and in the zone of highest heat or at the point in which the combustion is complete. The downwardly extending portions 10 are adapted to contact with and lie against the sides of the burner cap 4: and the horizontally extending legs 11 extend through suitable openings 12 formed in the burner cap 4. Each leg 11 extends entirely through the cap as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. The legs 11 are positioned substantially parallel to the wick tube 5 and lie in close relation thereto, from which it will be apparent that my improved attachment may be secured to any burner of the ordinary type, it only be ing necessary that the burner cap be provided with suitable apertures for the accommodation of the legs 11.

The operation of my improved device is substantially as follows :The attachment illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings is suitably secured to the burner and the wick is lighted, it being mentioned that in order to secure the best results, said wick will be turned low upon the initial lighting thereof and as the wire or rod gradually becomes heated, the said wick be gradually raised until the lamp is burning at its normal capacity. The rod or wire which constitutes my improved device being made of metal, 

